Today the Banco of Mexico known as Banxico placed new 500 peso bills into circulation which depict celebrated Mexican artists: Diego Rivera & Frida Kahlo. The new bills are equiped with special security measures and are the final in a series of new bills that first began to be released back in September ’06. The front of the bills will have Rivera’s self portrait and the reverse will have his wife’s, Frida Kahlo’s self portrait.
Among the special features which will serve to distinguish authentic bills are: three dimensional threading, a section of the bill will be color changing, micro script, and a watermark.
